Source : Perth Now news
US President Donald Trump says the plane he flew on after he secretly took a military flight from Turkey last month was “at greater risk.”
The switch involved the Republican president being moved between aircraft in a catering truck because of worries over reports of a potential Iranian assassination threat.
Trump had said he was Iran’s “number one target” during the NATO summit in Ankara in July.
“I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane,” Trump said of sneaking off the presidential plane.
“I think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk. I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for.”
His comments confirmed a report that first appeared in The Washington Post saying Trump stowed away in an airport catering container to slip into another plane. Air Force One – filled with White House officials, security and support staff, and reporters – flew out of Turkey, essentially as a decoy, just in case Iran made good on a credible threat of an attack.
“I just have to do what they say,” Trump told reporters.
Upon stopping in Britain, Trump sneaked back aboard the presidential plane undetected and scoffed when asked about potential danger.
“If I go, you go. Right?” he told reporters at the time.
with AP
